Daily News Gallery - 1/2/2007

January 1, 2007 10:00 PM

Mimi Gates, who became director of the Seattle Art Museum in 1994, says she "was drawn to Seattle as a city coming into being."

Mimi Gates, who became director of the Seattle Art Museum in 1994, says she "was drawn to Seattle as a city coming into being."

Photo: Dan DeLong, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Still in its crate, a piece of Korean artist Do-Ho Suh's sculpture "Some/One" rests in one of the new galleries in the expanded section of the Seattle Art Museum. The sculpture was created from military dog tags. less

Still in its crate, a piece of Korean artist Do-Ho Suh's sculpture "Some/One" rests in one of the new galleries in the expanded section of the Seattle Art Museum. The sculpture was created from military dog ... more

Photo: Paul Joseph Brown, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Parts for Chinese artist Cai Guo Qiang's installation "Inopportune: Stage One," including cars to be hung from the ceiling, await assembly in an expanded section of the Seattle Art Museum, which reopens May 5.

Parts for Chinese artist Cai Guo Qiang's installation "Inopportune: Stage One," including cars to be hung from the ceiling, await assembly in an expanded section of the Seattle Art Museum, which reopens May 5.

Randilyn Kealey moves around boxes in the basement of the house she and her fiancé, Mike Kimelberg, recently bought in Montlake. The couple plan to make the basement their master bedroom suite.

Randilyn Kealey moves around boxes in the basement of the house she and her fiancé, Mike Kimelberg, recently bought in Montlake. The couple plan to make the basement their master bedroom suite.

Photo: Andy Rogers, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Brenda Lee holds a picture of her son Jared Dahl-Lee at her South Seattle home. Dahl-Lee, 26, was driving on Rainier Avenue South on Sept. 21 when he was shot dead after a confrontation with another motorist.

Brenda Lee holds a picture of her son Jared Dahl-Lee at her South Seattle home. Dahl-Lee, 26, was driving on Rainier Avenue South on Sept. 21 when he was shot dead after a confrontation with another motorist.

Photo: Karen Ducey, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Christopher Beresford remembers his brother Joaquin Tavares, who was shot to death Jan. 12. The trial for the man accused of the shooting is April 1.

Christopher Beresford remembers his brother Joaquin Tavares, who was shot to death Jan. 12. The trial for the man accused of the shooting is April 1.